HarmonyOS aims to achieve one-third of the global market share: Huawei

Richard Yu, the Chairman of Huawei Consumer Business, recently said HarmonyOS aims for 1/3rd of the global smartphone OS market share. After achieving the ’10 million installation’ goal, the company targets to break the Android-iOS duopoly in the overseas OS sector.

On August 16, Richard had a short interview program with CCTV. During the talks, the chief revealed the company’s journey in the software and chip segment for the past decade.

Speaking on the self-developed software system, Yu revealed that Huawei HarmonyOS is looking forward to achieve 1/3rd market share of the global mobile OS segment.

Since the birth of HarmonyOS, the company has aimed to enhance the new OS to the fullest. It was initially used for smart TVs, but over time, the firm expanded its software reach to smartphones, tablets, home appliances, and now even PCs.

With HarmonyOS NEXT, Huawei officially said goodbye to Android codes and supportive apps. It created its own “native HarmonyOS app ecosystem” to meet consumers’ demands and offer them smarter, smoother, and safer services at every point.

Every year, the OEM spends around 10 billion yuan to support developers in relocating to the HarmonyOS ecosystem. Benefits like red envelopes and gifts worth 1000 yuan continue to tempt smartphone users to switch to the new operating system.

In terms of manual potential, the company has invested 10,000 people annually for over six years. This resulted in 130 million lines of code.

Yu highlighted that even though “reaching millions of HarmonyOS users was a difficult process, the company managed to hit the 10 million mark in a short period”.

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Now the goal is to reach tens of millions even faster. The chief added that Huawei has a big motive for HarmonyOS. It aims to see the OS not only in Huawei phones or products in China, but even more devices and across the world.

Consequently, Huawei sees HarmonyOS as a true rival for Android and iOS. It aims to make its self-developed OS bigger and more efficient for users in every manner. But the time for the global expansion of this software version is still uncertain.